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The Broposal by Sonora Reyes

32 reviews

coffeeshopcynic's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book had such an important story right now with the state of the US, but it also had me kicking my feet and smiling like a fool

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Death of parent

emilygibbs's review against another edition

2.0

sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent

grumpyreading's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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📚 Review: Ugh. I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Sonora Reyes. They are such a great writer. You fall in love with the characters, feel the pain they feel, and feel all the joy with them. This book was so timely, and dealt with some really tough topics, but still left me feeling so hopeful and happy at the end. I highly recommend this book if you’re looking for a queer romance with three dimensional conflict and characters you will get to know and love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

twocatsandsomebooks's review against another edition

3.5

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Abortion

bookish_afrolatina's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book tore me apart and then put me back together again. I love this author’s writing and knew this would be a good book but I was a bit apprehensive to read it. Han and Kenny’s friendship is so pure and I loved their flirtatious scenes together. As heartbreaking as some of the story was, I am so happy with how it ended. Reyes covers some incredibly heavy topics with care. The characters felt real to me. Heads up, this story contains a few explicit scenes, so don’t be surprised when they sneak up!

Please read this book y’all!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction

gmolinar's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Bro! This book was amazing. 
Once I picked up and got into the book, I just had to finish it! 

The book does have several heavy topics/themes, but I love how Reyes brilliantly wrote the story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Deportation

louisekf's review against another edition

2.5

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book should have worked better for me than it did. I enjoyed the characters of Han (Alejandro) and Kenny and thought their long-term friendship was excellent. But somehow this never really pulled me in fully. 

 

Han has lived in the US (New Mexico) for most of his life, having been sent there to live with extended family after a near-disaster with his drug-addicted mother in Mexico. But he’s undocumented and so his life is pretty precarious - jobs are hard to get and keep, he doesn’t have a driver’s license, he worries every time he’s near a police officer, etc. He and Kenny are roommates and have been friends since they were very young. Kenny helps Han as best he can, driving him places, etc. Kenny has a girlfriend, Jackie, who I absolutely hated. She was abusive to Kenny and I hated that he felt he couldn’t stand up to her. When he broke up with her, I was so relieved. I guess i just didn’t buy that whole relationship. Jackie was so incredibly evil and Kenny was a real sweetie. 

 

Kenny then figures the best thing he can do for Han is to get him his citizenship by marrying him. (Kenny is bisexual and Han believes he’s straight, but isn’t interested in women at all.) 

 

The topic of possible deportation and all the struggles Han was experiencing were well done and are important topics for people to read about in this personal way. 

 

I bounced between the audiobook and the ebook for this title, which was very convenient, and allowed me to continue with the story even when I could not sit down and read - or when I could not listen. The audiobook has two distinct narrators who both do a wonderful job: André Santana and Alejandro Antonio Ruiz. 

 

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for the opportunity to read  a review copy of this book and for the opportunity to listen to a review copy of this audiobook. All opinions are my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy

dotoridoritou's review against another edition

1.0

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is a mess

with bizarrely inappropriate timing for extremely under negotiated kink discovery? Lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia

totallypandacoffee's review against another edition

1.5

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Are you interested in reading a book where a victim of both physical and emotional abuse gets terrorized by his homophobic and abusive ex for 300 pages and then said ex receives exactly zero consequences? If so, pick this one up. Maybe you’ll like it more than I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I loved the Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic Schools but this one didn't quite hit for me. The story itself was good! And I love seeing physically affectionate "bros" (and the cringe and callout about hiding behind that "bro" label!) and the development of trust and vulnerability. But the writing didn't seem to support the story as well as I would have liked. And I wouldn't consider it a romcom — definitely more of a romdram with sprinkles of cute character-based humor (

Thornelius 4 Eva!

).  I'm admittedly bad at liking angsty* romances, though, so your mileage may vary! 

*Not meant to downplay the emotional stress and distress of the situations discussed in the book, which were represented very well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

blackmailing, threat of deportation